Jesus was a sausage roll...

[Laika]

Greggs bakery has been forced to apologise for its first ever advent calendar depicting a sausage roll as jesus in a manger surrounded by three wise men as part of a nativity scene. This has sparked outrage from Christian groups.

Are you offended by the messiah being depicted as a pastry? Or would you have preferred

Spoiler: this?

 

[Rival]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

 

[Brickjectivity]

"...Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven" (Matthew 12:32) In other words the plaintiffs are ignorant about Jesus own commentary. Jesus is a sausage, and I am forgiven for saying it by Jesus if by nobody else.

 

[Enoch07]

Greggs bakery has been forced to apologise for its first ever advent calendar depicting a sausage roll as jesus in a manger surrounded by three wise men as part of a nativity scene. This has sparked outrage from Christian groups.

Are you offended by the messiah being depicted as a pastry? Or would you have preferred

As a Christian I am not offended. Matter of fact, I like the advertisement, and would use it myself if I owned a bakery/deli. "That must be one heck of a sausage roll!" Is my first thought when I see this picture. Maybe I am biased because I like food though.

This is the age of the snowflake. Everyone is so fragile it's pathetic. People need to thicken their skin and grow up! This is regardless of political leaning mind you. Everyone conservative, liberal, and anything in between. Too many snowflakes!

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Greggs bakery has been forced to apologise for its first ever advent calendar depicting a sausage roll as jesus in a manger surrounded by three wise men as part of a nativity scene. This has sparked outrage from Christian groups.

Are you offended by the messiah being depicted as a pastry? Or would you have preferred

Spoiler: this?

It was in an advertisement for the advent calendar. I'd have problems with an advent calendar with a sausage roll - it'd be pretty nasty after sitting in the calendar for a month.

I'm just glad nobody's going after this advent calendar yet:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/drinks-by-the-dram/whisky-advent-calendar/

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

My problem with it is that it is not very clever or meaningful.
So all a bit pointless.

And now a waste of money as they have withdrawn it.
With over 1400 bakers shops? There is going to be a good few pallettes of waste to get rid of.

 

[Quintessence]

About the only offense I feel from it is aesthetic - I find the image very tacky. I can understand some finding it more than simply tacky.

 

[Rival]

About the only offense I feel from it is aesthetic - I find the image very tacky. I can understand some finding it more than simply tacky.

Gregg's is, on the whole, pretty tacky lmao.

 

[BSM1]

Would it have been better if the meat was Kosher?

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

You would think that the largest high street bakery group in the Uk, would not get it so wrong.
But they are being talked about, so it will do them no harm in in the long run.

 

[Rival]

Would it have been better if the meat was Kosher?

'Kosher sausage'. That sounds like a terrible, terrible euphemism.

 

[Jainarayan]

Would it have been better if the meat was Kosher?

Kosher sausage?

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Would it have been better if the meat was Kosher?

No chance unless there is sush a thing as kosher pork.???
Never seen other than pork saussage rolls.
And someones even taken a bite out of it.

 

[Rival]

If he's the bread of life I suppose he can be a sausage roll.

 

[BSM1]

Kosher sausage?

No chance unless there is sush a thing as kosher pork.???
Never seen other than pork saussage rolls.
And someones even taken a bite out of it.

I was thinking more along the lines of a mutton chop or something.

 

[idav]

I'm not really sure Jesus literally meant to eat him!

And now I'm hungry is that blasphemous?

 

[Brickjectivity]

About the only offense I feel from it is aesthetic - I find the image very tacky. I can understand some finding it more than simply tacky.

I agree and consider such effortless art disposable.

 

[sun rise]

Jews know about kosher sausages - we used to have "pigs in a blanket" at parties - no pork involved.

Kosher sausages

 

[Stanyon]

Has there been any calls or decrees for them to be beheaded?

This post reminds me of the time I replaced my sister- in- laws baby Jesus in the Nativity scene she had set up around Christmas with a ransom note, I figured it wasn't any family heirloom so she might think it was funny- I was wrong.

 

[Flame]

I'm just glad nobody's going after this advent calendar yet:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/drinks-by-the-dram/whisky-advent-calendar/

Not going to lie, I was considering buying this for my boss.